Dr Pedro Vazquez, assistant to the President of the Paraguayan Football Association arrived at The Football Association in wonderful spirits, having just seen the Paraguay Under-17 team sweep aside a world class field during an International Youth Tournament held in Northern Ireland land last month.

The Milk Cup is a prestigious tournament that has been running for the last 19 years but there is every chance that the Paraguay team that Vazquez brought to these isles is the greatest team to ever grace the tournament.

In a competition which featured such high quality teams as Alaves (Spain), Botofogo (Brazil), Galatasaray (Turkey), Leeds United (England) and Manchester United (England), it was the Paraguay national team which emerged victorious, their amazing run culminating in a 6-0 demolition of Manchester United in the final.

"This is the best team we have ever had at this level," said Vazquez, who took a few minutes out of his tour of Soho Square to catch up with TheFA.com. "We are extremely focused on the 2008 World Cup and of course playing in, and winning, a tournament such as this can only be good for us in the long term."

Dr Vazquez was equally delighted with the series of consultative meetings that he held at Soho Square which enabled him to glean a great deal about the way in which The F.A works currently, as well as its planning for the future.

"England is a role model for all other football organisations," he enthused. "The Football Association is the most important FA in the world - it is a paradigm of excellence and efficiency.

"Though the rules of football are the same worldwide, it is up to each individual organisation to build a structure that facilitates the successful development of the game in their own country.

"There is no doubt that, through my conversations with everyone at The F.A., I have learned a great deal that I can now take back and put into practice in Paraguay."

Meanwhile, earlier on in the week, F.A. Chairman Geoff Thompson and Jane Bateman, the F.A.'s Head of International Relations, enjoyed a fruitful meeting with Mr Ishaya Mark Aku, Nigeria's Minister for Sports and Social Development in which the forging of closer links between the two nations was the main topic of conversation.

And, to round off a week of global football chat, Agnelo Alcasoas, General Secretary of the Goa Football Association, dropped in to mull over the Indian national team's current tour of England.

A buoyant Mr Alcasoas was delighted to report that in drawing 1-1 with Leyton Orient on July 31, India struck their first goal against English opponents for some 53 years.

Mr Alcasoas also revealed how football in India is becoming an ever-more thriving sport - more popular at grass roots level than even cricket.

"All the matches of our tour to England are being transmitted live to India, where there is a tremendous interest," he explained.

"We already have one player, playing in England in Baichung Bhutia and he is a god at home. The squad we have brought to England has an average age of 23 an there is no doubt that it would be a dream for any of these players to agree a contract with an English club."

Head of International Relations, Jane Bateman, said of all three visits: "We are delighted that have been able to meet and help so many members of the football family.

"We are fully committed to developing better relations with our fellow football authorities all over the world and look forward to many more such visits over the coming months and years."

The international influx continues next week when The Football Association welcomes coaches from Botswana, Malawi, Lesotho, and Cameroon onto its International coaching course, while delegates from Malawi and Jamaica will also be visiting Soho Square.